Impact of Passive Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Turnover Intentions; Mediating Effect of Organizational Interpersonal Trust

Authors

  • Omer Azam Program Incharge, Virtual Campus Comsats University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Hafiz Ghufran Ali Khan Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Asif Khan Assistant Professor, Departmrnt of Education Karakoram International University, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
  • Abdul Zahid Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Technology Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26710/reads.v5i4.663

Keywords:

Passive Leadership, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Turnover Intentions, Organizational Interpersonal Trust

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of passive leadership on organizational citizenship behavior and turnover intentions with the mediating effect of organizational interpersonal trust. Data has been collected from a sample of 180 working at managerial levels in public and private sector universities based in Islamabad. Findings of the current study confirms that passive leadership is negatively associated with organizational citizenship behavior and employee turnover intentions and the mediating role of organizational interpersonal trust confirms the partial mediation between these relationships. The study provided with new insights into the body of knowledge and also provided with practical implications. Limitations of the current study along with the future directions of research also discussed at the end.

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2020-07-26

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Omer Azam, Hafiz Ghufran Ali Khan, Asif Khan, & Abdul Zahid Khan. (2020). Impact of Passive Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Turnover Intentions; Mediating Effect of Organizational Interpersonal Trust. Review of Economics and Development Studies, 5(4), 663-674. https://doi.org/10.26710/reads.v5i4.663